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Publications
Academic Journal Articles
Cook, R., Butcher I., and Raeside R. Recounting the Scores: An analysis of the QAA Subject Review Grades 1995–2001, Quality in Higher Education, 12:2, July 2006, pp 135–144
Cook, R. Have things got this much better? An analysis of Subject Review scores 1998–2000, Higher Education Review, 3–12, 33:3, Summer 2001
Cook, R., and Underwood S. Making the translation from Subject to Academic Review: does 6*4=4*C (or c+3e)? Higher Education Review, 1–14, 34:2, Spring 2002
Cook, R. Was that it? An analysis of the Subject Review system from October 2000 to June 2002, Higher Education Review, 42–56, Summer 2003, 35:3
Cook, R. What factors influence the acceptance of decision aids in organisatons, Journal of Information Science, 28:6, 505–512, 2002
Cropper, P., and Cook, R. Activity Based Costing in Universities – Five Years On, Public Money and Management, 20:2, April–June 2000, 61–68
Major pieces of writing
The acceptance of decision aiding processes within Organizations – PhD Thesis through Open University
The University of Paisley Strategic Plan 2005–2009
The University of the West of Scotland Strategic Plan 2007–2011
The Business Case for the merger between the University of Paisley and Bell College in 2006
The Outline and Full Business Cases for the rebuild of the campus in Ayr
Served on the steering group that produced the Universities Scotland "Race Equality Toolkit"
Freelance Projects
Analysis of population flows and the effect of migration rates on employment (using OECD, US and EU statistics)
The economic consequences of an ageing population and the changing patterns of work and retirement amongst the over 60s
The use and effectiveness of MSI packaging to updating software in organisations
Careers in Psychology and related fields
The Bologna Process and its impact on UK Universities
Student Retention in UK Universities – both data modelling techniques and analysis of underlying reasons
Analysis of HESA data to provide Management Information for UK Universities